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PARK HILLS, Mo. (AP) -- An eastern Missouri prosecutor says he plans to seek the death penalty for a 27-year-old Park Hills man accused of fatally stabbing his stepfather.

Justin Kozik is charged with first-degree murder and armed criminal action in connection with the February 2013 death of Steven Wells. Police say Wells was stabbed more than a dozen times. Kozik told police he was defending himself from being stabbed by Wells.